Pictures: Disney's River Country water park

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Walt Disney World craftsmen build a ridge of rocky slopes to carry waterfalls and slides for a new kind of adventure called River Country on March 26, 1976. Disney's River Country opened in June 1976 and was Disney World's first water park. It closed on Nov. 2, 2001 and has never reopened. Disney has not torn down the park, but instead has allowed Mother Nature to take its course. (Walt Disney Productions)

Walt Disney World craftsmen build a ridge of rocky slopes to carry waterfalls and slides for a new kind of adventure called River Country on March 26, 1976. Disney's River Country opened in June 1976 and was Disney World's first water park. It closed on Nov. 2, 2001 and has never reopened. Disney has not torn down the park, but instead has allowed Mother Nature to take its course. (Walt Disney Productions) (Walt Disney Productions)

A guest plays on a tire swing at Disney's River Country on June 18, 1976. Disney's River Country opened in June 1976 and was Disney World's first water park. It closed on Nov. 2, 2001 and has never reopened. Disney has not torn down the park, but instead has allowed Mother Nature to take its course. (Walt Disney Productions)

A guest plays on a tire swing at Disney's River Country on June 18, 1976. Disney's River Country opened in June 1976 and was Disney World's first water park. It closed on Nov. 2, 2001 and has never reopened. Disney has not torn down the park, but instead has allowed Mother Nature to take its course. (Walt Disney Productions) (Walt Disney Productions)

PICTURE GALLERY: Check out pictures from Disney's River Country water park through the years. River Country opened at Fort Wilderness in June 1976 and was Disney's first water park. It was closed on Nov. 2, 2001 and has never reopened. Disney has not torn down the park, but instead has allowed Mother Nature to take its course.